I have updated my Web site. Not the Chinese history section, which is a year overdue for an update, but other bits:
- I've added the Brief Guide to the Writing of Crossover Fanfiction;
- I've added How to Pass For Canadian, and
- I've added one or two things you've seen here on LJ at the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon fanfiction page.
Further bulletins as events warrant.
- I've added the Brief Guide to the Writing of Crossover Fanfiction;
- I've added How to Pass For Canadian, and
- I've added one or two things you've seen here on LJ at the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon fanfiction page.
Further bulletins as events warrant.
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Date: 2004-08-13 11:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-14 08:57 am (UTC)linguistics note
Date: 2004-08-14 07:35 pm (UTC)You occasionally hear 'about' pronounced 'aboat', but it's not as prominent as American imitators of Canadian accents would like you to believe.
That's because this is most common in central/central-western Canada (and, I've been told, in the neighboring area in the US) and much less common on either coast. I suppose this could be relevant if one is trying to pass as a Canadian from a specific area, although the real trick would be learning to do the vowel shift correctly for *all* the words it affects.
Re: linguistics note
Date: 2004-08-14 08:57 pm (UTC)"Um... aboat?"
"Oh my GOD! That's so STRANGE! Say it one more time?"
... rinse, repeat.
Re: linguistics note
Date: 2004-08-15 04:23 pm (UTC)Btw, what's Forensic Nationals? It sounds like a national level forensics competition, but I don't quite see how that would work on with high school students.
Re: linguistics note
Date: 2004-08-15 04:29 pm (UTC)Oh, it was. Mary (the person who cornered the Nebraskan kid) and I were there for Extemporaneous Speaking, and several of our team-mates had come along for Duo and for the prepared speech category. Mind you, this was the Catholic schools, not the public schools, but still.